An excellent sharp original flat on four 1600' reels. Full frame no letterboxing. No undue splices or wear.
A classic rarely offered $249 or ? and free shipping.
As The Hustler's "Fast" Eddie Felson, Paul Newman created a classic antihero, charismatic but fundamentally flawed, and nobody's role model. A pool player from Oakland, CA, as good as anyone who ever picked up a cue, Eddie has an Achilles' heel: arrogance. It's not enough for him to win: he must force his opponent to acknowledge his superiority. The movie follows Eddie from his match against billiards champ Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason) as he falls in love with Sarah (Piper Laurie), an alcoholic would-be writer and sometime prostitute, and falls under the spell of Bert Gordon (George C. Scott), a successful gambler who offers to take Eddie under his wing and teach him how to play in the big time. However, when Sarah joins Eddie and Bert on a trip to Louisville for a high-stakes match with a dandy named Findlay (Murray Hamilton), the consequences prove tragic. Along with a classic performance by Newman, The Hustler also features turns by Scott, Laurie, and Gleason, in a rare dramatic role. Cameos from pool champ Willie Mosconi and boxer Jake LaMotta add to the atmosphere of Harry Horner's grubby production design and Eugen Schüfftan's camerawork. Director Robert Rossen, who had been working in films since 1937, was to direct only one more film, Lilith (1964), before his death in 1966. In 1986, Newman returned to the role of "Fast" Eddie in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money, for which he finally earned an Academy Award as Best Actor
This print has been in a controlled temperature, humidity and ventilation storage since 1985. Note: The print is complete with approximately 6,400' of film, it is mounted on 4 - 1600' reels. Some footage - about 200' has "curl" which was present when this print was originally purchased from a TV station film library and it has not changed in anyway since then. This no way effects the sharp projected image and it runs through my Eiki nice, but some old projectors may not take up this footage tightly -- in that case, the simple remedy is to project using a larger take up reel such as a 2000'.
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